A four star on Wood Avenue, in the new concrete on the ridge above the centre. It suits someone with a car or an expense account; the listed facilities lean business and leisure, and the street itself is quiet after dark.
01What it is
Maskan Suites is a four star property on Wood Avenue in Greater Nairobi, and the list of facilities it publishes is long and squarely aimed at the working trip. There is a business centre, a concierge and a 24 hour front desk, lifts, free car parking and parking, a restaurant or restaurants, a lounge and a shuttle service. Leisure is covered too: a fitness centre, a spa, a casino, a smoking area. Laundry service and wheelchair access round it out. Where the list is thin is the detail. It names categories rather than what is inside them, and a surcharge is listed with no indication of what it applies to.
What that adds up to at Maskan Suites is a property made for someone who arrives by car and works from the building: free parking, a desk to sit at, food downstairs and a lounge to end the day in. The spa, the gym and the casino give it more range than a pure business hotel, and the 24 hour front desk means a late arrival is not a problem. It suits business travellers, conference attendees and anyone driving in from the ridge. Maskan Suites does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre and back, or anyone who wants street life on the doorstep: after dark, this is hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
0316 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Maskan Suites if you want the car parked for free and the day handled from one building. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.
Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. Nobody from this site has stayed here; the quarter copy around it is this site's own.
06Questions
Where is Maskan Suites in Nairobi?+
Maskan Suites is on Wood Ave in Greater Nairobi, 4.26 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. The site puts it 2.88 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What facilities does Maskan Suites list?+
The published list includes a 24 hour front desk, business centre, concierge, fitness centre, spa, casino, restaurant or restaurants, lounge, lifts, laundry service, shuttle service, free car parking, a smoking area and wheelchair access. A surcharge is listed without saying what it covers.
Can I walk from Maskan Suites into the city centre?+
The direct line to Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 4.26 km, which the site records as 54 minutes on foot. That is a straight line, not a street route, and the ridge is built for the car, so most people staying here drive or take the shuttle.
How do I check availability at Maskan Suites?+
Availability and the room types on offer at Maskan Suites are shown through app.impt.io, which is where bookings are made. Most rooms there can be cancelled free. If you are comparing dates, check the same dates across the other four star properties in the centre before you commit.
